Kevin Durant will be a great pro. That's pretty much a given. He's generally described as a taller Tracy McGrady or a shorter Kevin Garnett, and if his career arc lands anywhere on that dart board he will be an All-Star within two years.

But if the Trail Blazers are thinking of drafting Durant, even maybe, then Kevin Pritchard should be tested for a chronic case of stupid.

Kevin Durant is no Greg Oden. Hell, Patrick Ewing is no Greg Oden. And Patrick Ewing was a pretty good pro, no? Almost 25,000 career points. More than 11,000 rebounds. Eleven All-Star Games. Hall of Fame. Ewing was one of the best centers ever.

Oden's better. Or he will be better. Oden and Ewing put up almost identical numbers in their final year of college, but Ewing was a senior. Oden was a freshman with one good wrist. That was their starting point. We know what Ewing became. What will Oden become? Something greater than Ewing, like David Robinson or Hakeem Olajuwon or maybe even Shaquille O'Neal -- great centers who, unlike Ewing, won NBA titles.

How many championships have Tracy McGrady and Kevin Garnett won, again?

Pritchard has to take Oden. Simply has to. The NBA is full of long athletes who can score from all over: McGrady, LeBron, Nowitzki, Vince, Paul Pierce, Garnett, Carmelo, Kobe, Bosh, Rashard Lewis, Antawn Jamison, Joe Johnson. Durant's going to be better than some of those guys, but to count the number of Durant-like players in the NBA, guys who can score 30 any given night, you'd need every finger you've got, plus a few toes.